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Description And Operation

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The Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) module uses the sun sensor to measure solar radiation inside the passenger compartment and define the best strategy to cool down the vehicle.

Sensor specifications:

Characteristics  Value 
Supply 5 V ± 0.1
Max. current uptake 10 mA
Operating range Temp. -40 to 105 °C (-40 to 221 °F)
Output current Imin = 0.25 mA & Imax = 2.18 mA
Sun sensor response time < 10 ms